Overview
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has urged passengers to “dress with some respect,” discouraging slippers and pajamas and asking people to keep shoes on in a bid to revive a self-styled “Golden Age of Travel.”
- Over the weekend he promoted a video of traveler Tamaya Garcia endorsing dressing up, posting it on X with the caption “She gets it.”
- Critical replies on social media told Duffy to prioritize airline performance and passenger treatment, citing delays, cramped cabins, long walks in terminals and TSA procedures.
- Podcaster Tim Dillon delivered a profane on-air denunciation of the dress message, arguing that chronic delays, aging airports and underpaid pilots make the appeal out of touch.
- Some letters and commenters voiced nostalgia for more formal flying and supported the idea that attire signals respect, but no policy or enforcement changes accompany the campaign.